Charles Rosen (painter)
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Charles Rosen c. 1900
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| Born |
28 April 1878 Reagantown, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | 21 June 1950 (aged 72) Kingston, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Painter |
Charles Rosen (28 April 1878 – 21 June 1950) was an American painter who lived for many years in . In the 1910s he was acclaimed for his Impressionist winter landscapes. He became dissatisfied with this style and around 1920 he changed to a radically different cubist-realist style. He became recognized as one of the leaders of the Woodstock artists colony.
Charles Rosen was born on a farm in Reagantown, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania on 28 April 1878. When he was sixteen he opened a photographic studio in West Newton, Pennsylvania in the coal mining region in the west of the state. Most of his photographs were of deceased miners. Rosen then worked for a photography business in Salem, Ohio, and in 1898 moved to New York City. He planned to become a newspaper illustrator. He studied painting at the National Academy of Design under Francis Coates Jones. He also took classes at the New York School of Art under William Merritt Chase and Frank DuMond. He became interested in landscape painting in 1902 at DuMond's outdoor classes in Old Lyme, Connecticut.
In 1903 Rosen married Mildred Holden. They moved to the vicinity of New Hope, Pennsylvania, which became their home for seventeen years. Rosen became known for his large snow scenes. His early work was often compared to Edward Willis Redfield, the leader of the group of impressionist artists at New Hope. He was also a friend of the artists Daniel Garber, William Langson Lathrop and John Fulton Folinsbee.
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